Knyszyn
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Moniecki | ||
| Gmina : | Knyszyn | ||
| Area : | 3.68 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 19 ' N , 22 ° 55' E | ||
| Residents : | 2823 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 19-120 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 85 | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DK 65 Mońki - Białystok | ||
| Ext. 671 Korycin - Stare Jeżewo | |||
| Rail route : | Białystok – Ełk | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
Knyszyn is a city in the Powiat Moniecki of the Podlaskie Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 4800 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The city is located in north-eastern Poland, in the center of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Białystok is about 25 kilometers southeast. About four kilometers north of Knyszyn is the artificial lake Jezioro Zygmunta Augusta , named after the Polish-Lithuanian King Sigismund II August .
After Knyszyn forests are Puszczy Knyszyńskiej and the large landscape park Landscape Park Puszczy Knyszyńskiej been named.
history
It is not known exactly when today's Knyszyn was built. The first church in the village was built in 1520 by Mikołaj Radziwił . The place was granted city rights in 1568 by King Sigismund II August under Magdeburg law . Sigismund II. August stayed here several times, 19 times are documented. In 1571 the city became the seat of a Starostei . During the Third Partition of Poland , the city became part of Prussia , and in 1807 it became part of Russia . During this time there was an influx of Germans and Jews to Knyszyn. In the First World War the city was destroyed about a quarter. In 1918 the city became part of the re-established Poland . At the beginning of the Second World War , Knyszyn was occupied by the Red Army in 1939 . At the beginning of the attack by the Wehrmacht on the Soviet Union , known as Operation Barbarossa , the city was occupied by the Germans in June 1941. They set up a forced labor camp. On November 2, 1942, the Jews, who made up about half of the population at the beginning of the war, were deported to the Treblinka extermination camp . After the war, Knyszyn became part of the newly formed People's Republic of Poland .
Buildings
- the Church of the Apostle John , built in 1520
- a memory from the period between 1818 and 1820
- various wooden houses from the end of the 18th century.
- Monument to Sigismund II August
Rural community
The urban and rural community has an area of 127.68 km² and around 4800 inhabitants (2016).
traffic
In the city, the cross country road 65 ( droga krajowa 65 ) and the provincial road 671. ( droga wojewódzka 671 ). The 65 leads in a northerly direction via Mońki, 13 kilometers away, to the state border with the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad near Gołdap, about 120 kilometers away . In a southerly direction, the road leads through Białystok, 25 kilometers away, to the state border with Belarus, about 80 kilometers away .
South of the city is the Knyszyn station on the Głomno – Białystok railway line .
The nearest international airport is Frédéric Chopin Airport in Warsaw , about 180 kilometers southwest.
education
In Knyszyn there is a school complex that combines elementary and middle schools as well as a high school.
Personalities
- Sigismund II August (1520–1572), King of Poland-Lithuania, stayed here several times and died here.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Atrakcje Podlasia, Aktywny wypoczynek - Jezioro Zygmunta Augusta , accessed on May 1, 2009 ( WebCite ( Memento from May 1, 2009 on WebCite ))
- ↑ a b Website of the city, Historia , accessed on May 1, 2009
- ↑ a b Szukacz.pl, Knyszyn - Informacje dodatkowe , accessed on May 1, 2009 ( WebCite ( Memento from May 1, 2009 on WebCite ))
- ↑ City website, Losy więźniów obozu w Knyszynie, lipiec 1941 - styczeń 1945 (część 1) , April 14, 2007